Aron Anderson

Aron Karl Riggert Anderson (born 26 January 1988) is a Swedish adventurer, motivational speaker and a paralympian-athlete.

Anderson was the first wheelchair user to summit Sweden's highest mountain, Kebnekaise, and Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.

[2] The treatments did not work, and in late 1997 the cancer was removed surgically, at which time Anderson lost function in both legs.

[9] On 1 August 2013, he was the first wheelchair user to climb to the top of Kebnekaise, Sweden's highest mountain,[8] using crutches and "crawling" with his arms.

[11] In 2014, he decided to complete a Swedish Classic, in which he competed in and finished the long-distance endurance events of Vasaloppet, Vätternrundan, Vansbrosimmet and the Lidingöloppet during one year, this also as the first wheelchair user.

Aron Anderson at Vasaloppet in 2015